Novell GroupWise 2014 R2 User guide

GroupWise 2014 R2

WebAccess User Guide

November 2015

Legal Notices

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Contents

About This Guide 7

1 Getting Started 9

1.1 Supported Web Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Starting GroupWise WebAccess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.3 Understanding Timing Out from GroupWise WebAccess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.4 Changing Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.5 Getting to Know the GroupWise WebAccess Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.5.1 Understanding the Nav Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.5.2 Understanding the Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.6 Exploring the Folder List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.6.1 Home Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.6.2 Mailbox Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.6.3 Unopened Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.6.4 Sent Items Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.6.5 Calendar Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.6.6 Contacts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.6.7 Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.6.8 Work in Progress Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.6.9 Cabinet Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.6.10 Junk Mail Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.6.11 Trash Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.6.12 Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.7 Understanding GroupWise Item Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.7.1 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.7.2 Appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.7.3 Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.7.4 Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.7.5 Phone Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.8 Identifying the Icons Appearing Next to Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.9 Learning More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1.9.1 Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

1.9.2 GroupWise Documentation Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1.9.3 GroupWise Cool Solutions Web Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2 Getting Organized 19

2.1 Using Categories to Organize Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.1.1 Assigning a Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.1.2 Adding a New Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.1.3 Removing a Category from an Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.1.4 Renaming a Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.1.5 Deleting a Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.2 Using Folders to Organize Your Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.2.1 Understanding Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.2.2 Modifying the Folder List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2.2.3 Deleting Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2.2.4 Creating a Personal Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2.2.5 Renaming a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.2.6 Moving an Item to Another Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.2.7 Understanding Find Results Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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2.2.8 Using Shared Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3Email 25

3.1 Sending Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.1.1 Composing Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3.1.2 Formatting Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.1.3 Spell-Checking Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

3.1.4 Attaching Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3.1.5 Adding a Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3.1.6 Saving Unfinished Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.1.7 Selecting the Default Compose View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.1.8 Addressing Mail Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

3.1.9 Selecting Send Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.1.10 Posting a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.1.11 Sending a Phone Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

3.2 Managing Sent Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3.2.1 Retracting Sent Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3.2.2 Resending Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.2.3 Checking the Status of Sent Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3.2.4 Confirming Delivery of Email You Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3.2.5 Displaying Sent Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.2.6 Sorting Sent Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.3 Receiving Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.3.1 Reading Received Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3.3.2 Reading Attachments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3.3.3 Replying to Email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3.3.4 Forwarding Email to Other People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3.4 Managing Received Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3.4.1 Saving an Item to Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.4.2 Saving Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.4.3 Deleting Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3.4.4 Viewing the Source of External Messages . . . . . . . . .

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3.4.5 Sorting Received Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.5 Printing Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.6 Handling Unwanted Email (Spam) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.6.1 Understanding Junk Mail Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3.6.2 Blocking or Junking Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

4 Calendar 49

4.1 Understanding the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

4.2 Managing Your Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

4.2.1 Viewing Your Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4.2.2 Reading a Calendar Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.2.3 Creating a Personal Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4.2.4 Using Shared Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4.3 Sending Calendar Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4.3.1 Understanding the Calendar Item Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4.3.2 Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4.3.3 Sending Reminder Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4.4 Receiving Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4.4.1 Accepting or Declining Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

4.4.2 Delegating Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

4.4.3 Saving Calendar Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

4.4.4 Moving an Appointment to a Different Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

4.5 Publishing Personal Calendars on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

4.5.1 Publishing a Personal Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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4.5.2 Modifying a Published Calendar’s Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4.5.3 Unpublishing a Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4.5.4 Publishing Your Free/Busy Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

4.6 Printing a Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

5 Tasks and the Tasklist 65

5.1 Understanding Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.2 Understanding the Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5.3 Using Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.3.1 Assigning a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

5.3.2 Tracking Task Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5.4 Using the Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5.4.1 Moving an Item from Another Folder to the Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5.4.2 Assigning a Due Date to a Tasklist Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5.4.3 Reordering the Tasklist Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

6 Contacts and Address Books 71

6.1 Understanding Address Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.1.1 GroupWise Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.1.2 Frequent Contacts Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.1.3 Personal Address Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

6.2 Using the Address Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

6.2.1 Understanding the Address Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

6.2.2 Addressing an Item with the Address Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.3 Using the Contacts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.3.1 Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

6.3.2 Managing Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

6.3.3 Managing Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

6.3.4 Managing Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

6.3.5 Using Frequent Contacts to Address an Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

6.3.6 Sending Mail to a Contact from the Contacts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

6.4 Working with Address Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

6.4.1 Opening an Address Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

6.4.2 Creating a Personal Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

6.4.3 Editing a Personal or Frequent Contacts Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

6.4.4 Deleting a Personal Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

6.4.5 Accepting a Shared Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

6.4.6 Viewing People, Groups, Organizations, or Resources in an Address Book. . . . . . . . . . . . 83

6.4.7 Searching for Address Book Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

7 Finding Items 85

7.1 Understanding GroupWise Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

7.2 Searching for a Word or Phrase Using Basic Find. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

7.3 Searching with Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

7.4 Narrowing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

7.5 Viewing the Results of a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

7.6 Finding Text in Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8Rules 89

8.1 Understanding Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.2 Actions a Rule Can Perform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.3 Creating a Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

8.3.1 Creating a Basic Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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8.3.2 Creating a Vacation Rule or Auto Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

8.3.3 Creating a Rule to Forward All Mail to Another Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

8.3.4 Limiting Items Affected by a Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

8.3.5 Using Rule Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

8.4 Editing a Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

8.5 Deleting a Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

8.6 Enabling or Disabling a Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

9 Mailbox/Calendar Access for Proxies 95

9.1 Receiving Proxy Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

9.1.1 Adding and Removing Proxy Names and Rights in the Mailbox Owner’s Access List . . . . 95

9.1.2 Adding and Removing Users in Your Proxy List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

9.2 Accessing a Mailbox or Calendar as a Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

10 Document Management 99

10.1 Searching for Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

10.2 Viewing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

10.3 Opening a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

10.4 Saving a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

10.5 Viewing the Properties of a Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

11 Maintaining GroupWise 101

11.1 Managing Mailbox Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

11.1.1 Getting Help When You Have Forgotten Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

11.1.2 Using LDAP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

11.1.3 Changing Your LDAP Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

11.1.4 Remembering Your GroupWise or LDAP Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

11.1.5 Using Mailbox Passwords with Proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

11.2 Managing Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

11.2.1 Displaying Items in Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

11.2.2 Undeleting an Item in Your Trash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

11.2.3 Saving an Item In Your Trash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

11.2.4 Emptying the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

11.3 Checking Your WebAccess Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

A What’s New In GroupWise 2014 WebAccess 105

B GroupWise Frequently Asked Questions 107

C Using Shortcut Keys 109

About This Guide 7

About This Guide

This Novell GroupWise 2014 WebAccess User Guide explains how to use GroupWise WebAccess. It

is divided into the following sections:

 Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” on page 9

 Chapter 2, “Getting Organized,” on page 19

 Chapter 3, “Email,” on page 25

 Chapter 4, “Calendar,” on page 49

 Chapter 5, “Tasks and the Tasklist,” on page 65

 Chapter 6, “Contacts and Address Books,” on page 71

 Chapter 7, “Finding Items,” on page 85

 Chapter 8, “Rules,” on page 89

 Chapter 9, “Mailbox/Calendar Access for Proxies,” on page 95

 Chapter 10, “Document Management,” on page 99

 Chapter 11, “Maintaining GroupWise,” on page 101

 Appendix A, “What’s New In GroupWise 2014 WebAccess,” on page 105

 Appendix B, “GroupWise Frequently Asked Questions,” on page 107

 Appendix C, “Using Shortcut Keys,” on page 109

Audience

This guide is intended for GroupWise WebAccess users.

Feedback

We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation

included with this product. Please use the User Comments feature at the bottom of each page of the

online documentation, or go to Novell Documentation Feedback (http://www.novell.com/

documentation/feedback.html) and enter your comments there.

Additional Documentation

For additional GroupWise documentation, see the following guides at the Novell GroupWise 2014

Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/groupwise2014r2/)

 GroupWise Windows Client User Guide

 GroupWise WebAccess User Guide

 GroupWise WebAccess Mobile User Guide

 GroupWise User Quick Starts

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Getting Started 9

1

Getting Started

GroupWise is a robust, dependable messaging and collaboration system that connects you to your

universal mailbox anytime and anywhere. This section gives you an overview of how to start using

GroupWise quickly and easily.

 Section 1.1, “Supported Web Browsers,” on page 9

 Section 1.2, “Starting GroupWise WebAccess,” on page 9

 Section 1.3, “Understanding Timing Out from GroupWise WebAccess,” on page 10

 Section 1.4, “Changing Your Password,” on page 11

 Section 1.5, “Getting to Know the GroupWise WebAccess Interface,” on page 11

 Section 1.6, “Exploring the Folder List,” on page 13

 Section 1.7, “Understanding GroupWise Item Types,” on page 15

 Section 1.8, “Identifying the Icons Appearing Next to Items,” on page 16

 Section 1.9, “Learning More,” on page 17

1.1

Supported Web Browsers

 Any of the following web browsers:

 Linux: Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome

 Windows: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or later; Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome; Microsoft

Edge

NOTE: On Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 is also supported.

 Macintosh: The latest version of Safari for your version of Mac OS; Mozilla Firefox; Google

Chrome

 Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, with Windows 8 or later

 Any mobile device that supports Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) and has a microbrowser that

supports Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) 4.0 or later

1.2

Starting GroupWise WebAccess

You start GroupWise WebAccess as you would any other home page on the Internet.

1 Use your Web browser to go to the URL your administrator gives you, such as

http://server/

gw/webacc

, or an IP address such as 155.155.11.22.

If you need to find your GroupWise administrator, ask the person who gave you your GroupWise

user name and password.

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2 On the GroupWise WebAccess login page, enter your user name and password.

3 Click either This is a public or shared computer or This is a private computer.

The option you choose affects the timeout interval that is used. To help keep your information

secure, a shorter timeout interval is used if you are using WebAccess from a public or shared

computer. For more information on timeout interval, see Section 1.3, “Understanding Timing Out

from GroupWise WebAccess,” on page 10.

4 (Conditional) If you’re using a small mobile device such as a mobile phone, click Options, then

select

Use the basic interface.

The basic interface has limited functionality and graphics. It is designed to perform the most

basic tasks in GroupWise WebAccess. To close the basic interface, close all Web browsers and

launch WebAccess again, then deselect

Use the basic interface.

For information on how to use the basic interface, see the GroupWise 2014 WebAccess Basic

Quick Start (http://www.novell.com/documentation/groupwise2014/gw2014_qs_webaccbasic/

data/gw2014_qs_webaccbasic.html).

5 Click Login.

Your GroupWise mailbox opens.

If you are unable to log in, click the

Can’t log in? link on the login page for more information

about how to get your password reset in your organization.

1.3

Understanding Timing Out from GroupWise

WebAccess

Specific actions, such as opening or sending an item, generate a call to the Web server. Other

actions, such as scrolling through items in the Item List, composing a message without sending it, or

reading Help topics, do not generate a call to the Web server. If, for a period of time, you leave

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GroupWise WebAccess alone or perform actions that do not generate a call, WebAccess logs you

out. Doing so provides security for your email and ensures that the Web server and GroupWise

WebAccess run efficiently.

The default timeout period is 20 minutes if you are using WebAccess on a public or shared computer.

If you are using WebAccess on a private computer the default timeout period is 480 minutes (8

hours). However, your GroupWise administrator can change the timeout period for your

organization’s GroupWise system. You specify whether you are using WebAccess on a public or

private computer during login, as described in Section 1.2, “Starting GroupWise WebAccess,” on

page 9.

If you try to perform an action after you have been logged out, you are prompted to log in again.

To ensure that you have the latest information in your Mailbox and to prevent frequent timeouts, click

the

Update icon .

NOTE: You must authenticate correctly to be returned to your work after a timeout. If you haven’t

logged in correctly, the message you were composing might appear to be lost. Use the keyboard to

return to your saved message window (for example, Alt+Left-arrow key in Windows).

1.4

Changing Your Password

In order to access your GroupWise mailbox from WebAccess, your mailbox must have a password.

Your GroupWise administrator might have assigned the password when he or she set up your

GroupWise account. If you have access to the GroupWise Windows client, you can set your initial

mailbox password yourself, as described in “Assigning a Password to Your Mailbox” in “Getting

Started” in the GroupWise 2014 R2 Client User Guide.

To change your mailbox password in WebAccess:

1 Click the Options icon , then click Options.

Click the

Password tab.

2 Type your old password, then type your new password twice for confirmation.

3 Click Save, then click Close.

Depending on the security level that your GroupWise administrator has established for your post

office, you might need to know more about passwords. For more information, see Section 11.1,

“Managing Mailbox Passwords,” on page 101.

1.5

Getting to Know the GroupWise WebAccess

Interface

Your main work area in GroupWise is called the Main Window. From the Main Window of GroupWise,

you can read your messages, schedule appointments, view your Calendar, manage contacts, open

folders, and much more.

 Section 1.5.1, “Understanding the Nav Bar,” on page 12

 Section 1.5.2, “Understanding the Toolbar,” on page 12

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1.5.1

Understanding the Nav Bar

The Nav Bar is located at the top of the WebAccess page. It is designed for quick access to the

folders you use the most. By default the Nav Bar contains the Mailbox, Calendar, Contacts, and

Documents folders.

Figure 1-1 The GroupWise WebAccess Nav Bar

1.5.2

Understanding the Toolbar

Use the toolbar to access many of the features and options found in WebAccess. The toolbar at the

top of a folder or item is context-sensitive; it changes to provide the options you need most in that

location.

There are two different toolbars you can display:

 Main: The Main toolbar contains most of your commonly used functions, such as New

Appointment and New Mail. The Main toolbar is located at the top of the main page.

 Item Context: The Item Context toolbar contains context-sensitive buttons that relate to the item

that is displayed. The Item Context toolbar is located at the top of the page.

Figure 1-2 The GroupWise WebAccess Toolbars

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1.6

Exploring the Folder List

The Folder List at the left of the Main Window lets you organize your GroupWise items by creating

folders to store your items in. The Mailbox folder is the default folder that is opened when you first log

in. For information about the different GroupWise folders, see Section 2.2, “Using Folders to

Organize Your Mailbox,” on page 20.

The following folders are displayed in the Folder List:

 Section 1.6.1, “Home Folder,” on page 13

 Section 1.6.2, “Mailbox Folder,” on page 13

 Section 1.6.3, “Unopened Items,” on page 13

 Section 1.6.4, “Sent Items Folder,” on page 14

 Section 1.6.5, “Calendar Folder,” on page 14

 Section 1.6.6, “Contacts Folder,” on page 14

 Section 1.6.7, “Tasklist Folder,” on page 14

 Section 1.6.8, “Work in Progress Folder,” on page 14

 Section 1.6.9, “Cabinet Folder,” on page 14

 Section 1.6.10, “Junk Mail Folder,” on page 14

 Section 1.6.11, “Trash Folder,” on page 15

 Section 1.6.12, “Shared Folders,” on page 15

1.6.1

Home Folder

Your Home folder (indicated by your name) represents your GroupWise database. All folders in

your Folder List are subfolders of your Home folder.

1.6.2

Mailbox Folder

The Mailbox displays all the items you have received, with the exception of scheduled items

(appointments, tasks, and reminder notes) you have accepted or declined. By default, scheduled

items and tasks are moved to the Calendar when you accept them.

Your received items are stored in your GroupWise Mailbox, which automatically refreshes as you

receive new items. If your computer has audio capabilities, and a GroupWise WebAccess window is

open in your Web browser, an audio cue plays when a new item is received.

You can organize your messages by moving them into folders within your Cabinet, and you can

create new folders as necessary.

1.6.3

Unopened Items

The Unopened Items folder lists received items you have not yet opened. It is a query folder that

cannot be deleted.

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1.6.4

Sent Items Folder

The Sent Items folder displays all the items you have sent. By checking the properties of your sent

items, you can determine their status (Delivered, Opened, and so on).

1.6.5

Calendar Folder

The Calendar folder is a link that takes you to the Calendar view, where you can choose several

Calendar view options. You can use the Folder List to choose which calendars to display. The

selected calendars are displayed in the calendar view.

1.6.6

Contacts Folder

The Contacts folder , by default, represents the Frequent Contacts address book. Any modification

you make in the Contacts Folder is also made in the Frequent Contacts address book.

From this folder, you can view, create, and modify contacts, resources, organizations, and groups.

1.6.7

Tasklist Folder

Use the Tasklist folder to create a task list. You can move any items (mail messages, phone

messages, reminder notes, tasks, or appointments) to this folder and arrange them in the order you

want.

1.6.8

Work in Progress Folder

The Work In Progress folder is a folder where you can save messages you have started but want

to finish later. This is also where all Auto Save messages are automatically saved.

1.6.9

Cabinet Folder

The Cabinet contains all of your personal folders. You can rearrange and nest folders by clicking

the

Folders on the Main Toolbar.

1.6.10

Junk Mail Folder

All email items from addresses and Internet domains that are junked through Junk Mail Handling are

placed in the Junk Mail folder . This folder is not created in the folder list unless a Junk Mail option

is enabled.

While Junk Mail options are enabled, this folder cannot be deleted. However, the folder can be

renamed or moved to a different location in the folder list. If all Junk Mail options are disabled, the

folder can be deleted. The folder can also be deleted if the Junk Mail Handling feature is disabled by

the GroupWise administrator.

To delete items from the Junk Mail folder, right-click the Junk Mail folder, click

Empty Junk Mail

Folder

, then click Yes.

For more information about Junk Mail Handling, see Section 3.6, “Handling Unwanted Email (Spam),”

on page 47.

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1.6.11

Trash Folder

All deleted mail and phone messages, appointments, tasks, documents, and reminder notes are

stored in the Trash folder . Items in the Trash can be viewed, opened, or returned to your Mailbox

before the Trash is emptied. (Emptying the Trash removes items in the Trash from the system.)

You can empty your entire Trash, or empty only selected items. The GroupWise administrator can

specify that your Trash is emptied automatically on a regular basis.

1.6.12

Shared Folders

A shared folder is like any other folder in your Cabinet, except other people have access to it. You

can create shared folders or share existing personal folders in your Cabinet. You choose whom to

share the folder with, and what rights to grant each user. Users can post messages to the shared

folder, drag existing items into the folder, and create discussion threads. You can’t share system

folders, which include the Cabinet, Trash, and Work In Progress folders.

If you place a document in a shared folder, people with rights to the shared folder don’t automatically

have rights to edit the document. Before they can edit the document, you must give them Edit rights

by clicking

Folders, then clicking the Share Folder tab.

1.7

Understanding GroupWise Item Types

Every day you communicate in a variety of ways. To accommodate these needs, GroupWise delivers

your items by using a variety of item types. Each item type is explained below.

 Section 1.7.1, “Mail,” on page 15

 Section 1.7.2, “Appointment,” on page 15

 Section 1.7.3, “Task,” on page 15

 Section 1.7.4, “Note,” on page 16

 Section 1.7.5, “Phone Message,” on page 16

1.7.1

Mail

A mail message is for basic correspondence, such as a memorandum or letter. See Section 3.3,

“Receiving Email,” on page 42 and Section 3.1, “Sending Email,” on page 25.

1.7.2

Appointment

An appointment lets you invite people to and schedule resources for meetings or events. You can

schedule the date, time, and location for the meeting. You can use personal appointments to

schedule personal events such as a doctor’s appointment, a reminder to make a phone call at a

certain time, and so forth. Appointments display on the Calendar. See Section 4.3.2, “Scheduling

Appointments,” on page 54.

1.7.3

Task

A task lets you place a to-do item on your own or on another person’s Calendar after it has been

accepted. You can schedule a due date for the task and include a priority (such as A1). Uncompleted

tasks are carried forward to the next day. See Section 5.3.1, “Assigning a Task,” on page 66.

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TIP: You can also create a Tasklist that is not associated with your Calendar. In this type of Tasklist,

any item type (mail, appointment, task, reminder note, phone message) can be used.

1.7.4

Note

A note is posted on a specific date on your own or another person’s Calendar. You can use notes to

remind yourself or others of deadlines, holidays, days off, and so forth. Personal notes are useful as

reminders for birthdays, vacations, paydays, and so forth. See Section 4.3.3, “Sending Reminder

Notes,” on page 59.

1.7.5

Phone Message

A phone message helps you inform someone of a phone call or visitor. You can include such

information as caller, phone number, company, urgency of the call, and so forth. You cannot answer

your phone from a phone message. See Section 3.1.11, “Sending a Phone Message,” on page 35.

1.8

Identifying the Icons Appearing Next to Items

The icons that appear next to items in your Mailbox, Sent Items folder, and the Calendar show

information about the items. The following table explains what each icon means.

Table 1-1 Icon Descriptions

Icon Description

One or more attachments are included with the item.

Draft item.

An item you have sent.

An item you have replied to.

An item you have forwarded.

An item you have delegated.

An item you have replied to and forwarded

An item you have replied to and delegated.

An item you have forwarded and delegated.

An item you have replied to, forwarded, and delegated.

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1.9

Learning More

You can learn more about GroupWise from the following resources:

 Section 1.9.1, “Online Help,” on page 18

 Section 1.9.2, “GroupWise Documentation Web Page,” on page 18

 Section 1.9.3, “GroupWise Cool Solutions Web Community,” on page 18

A personal item.

Unopened mail message with a low, standard, or high priority.

Opened mail message with a low, standard, or high priority.

Unopened and opened appointment with a low, standard, or high priority.

Unopened and opened task with a low, standard, or high priority.

Unopened reminder note with a low, standard, or high priority.

Opened reminder note with a low, standard, or high priority.

Unopened phone message with a low, standard, or high priority.

Opened phone message with a low, standard, or high priority.

A reply is requested for this low, standard, or high priority item.

Unopened document reference.

Opened document reference.

Shared folder notification.

Shared address book notification.

Unopened posted item (shared folder).

Opened posted item (shared folder).

Icon Description

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1.9.1

Online Help

Complete user documentation is available in Help. In the Main Window, click Help, then use the

Contents tab, Index tab, or Search tab to locate the help topics you want.

1.9.2

GroupWise Documentation Web Page

For a complete set of GroupWise user and GroupWise administration documentation, go to the

GroupWise 2014 Documentation Web site (http://www.novell.com/documentation/groupwise2014r2/).

1.9.3

GroupWise Cool Solutions Web Community

At the Cool Solutions Web site (https://www.novell.com/communities/coolsolutions/category/

groupwise/), you find tips, tricks, feature articles, and answers to frequent questions.

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2

Getting Organized

In Getting Started, you learned the basics of the GroupWise Web environment. This section

describes how to transform the basic GroupWise Web environment into an efficient, customized

collaboration environment that suits your personal work style.

 Section 2.1, “Using Categories to Organize Items,” on page 19

 Section 2.2, “Using Folders to Organize Your Mailbox,” on page 20

2.1

Using Categories to Organize Items

Categories are used to help define and prioritize items in your mailbox. Categories apply a color

pattern of your choice to the specified email messages, so you can classify them at a glance. You can

assign more than one category to an item, but one category is always primary and displays the

primary color scheme. Categories also apply to calendar items and can be added to calendar items

the same way they are added to mail items.

 Section 2.1.1, “Assigning a Category,” on page 19

 Section 2.1.2, “Adding a New Category,” on page 19

 Section 2.1.3, “Removing a Category from an Item,” on page 19

 Section 2.1.4, “Renaming a Category,” on page 20

 Section 2.1.5, “Deleting a Category,” on page 20

2.1.1

Assigning a Category

1 Select the message you want to add a category to.

2 Right-click, then click Categories.

3 Select the category you want to use.

4 Click OK.

2.1.2

Adding a New Category

1 In your mailbox, click Categories.

2 In the New Category field, specify a name for the new category, then click Add.

3 Select the new category in the Categories section, then specify the text and background colors.

4 Click OK.

2.1.3

Removing a Category from an Item

1 Select the item you want to remove the category from.

2 Right-click and select Categories.

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3 Deselect the check box in the Categories section.

4 Click OK.

2.1.4

Renaming a Category

1 In your mailbox, click Categories.

2 Select the category you want to rename.

3 Click Rename.

4 Specify the new name, then click OK.

2.1.5

Deleting a Category

1 In your mailbox, click Categories.

2 Select the category you want to remove.

3 Click Delete.

2.2

Using Folders to Organize Your Mailbox

Use folders to store and organize your items. For example, you can group all items related to a

particular task or subject together.

 Section 2.2.1, “Understanding Folders,” on page 20

 Section 2.2.2, “Modifying the Folder List,” on page 21

 Section 2.2.3, “Deleting Folders,” on page 21

 Section 2.2.4, “Creating a Personal Folder,” on page 21

 Section 2.2.5, “Renaming a Folder,” on page 22

 Section 2.2.6, “Moving an Item to Another Folder,” on page 22

 Section 2.2.7, “Understanding Find Results Folders,” on page 22

 Section 2.2.8, “Using Shared Folders,” on page 22

2.2.1

Understanding Folders

The Folder List displays the folders that are relative to the folder you are currently in. The following

are context-sensitive Folder Lists:

 Calendar: Displays a list of all calendars. From here you can select to display the contents of a

calendar in the main calendar. In addition, you can change the color of a calendar.

 Contacts: Displays a list of all personal address books. By default, the main Contacts folder is

the Frequent Contacts address book.

 Documents: Displays a list of your document libraries. By default, the main Documents folder is

your default document library.

Click the

Expand and Collapse arrows to expand and collapse folders.

For information about the individual folders you might have in your Folder List, see Section 1.6,

“Exploring the Folder List,” on page 13.

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